St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-30

we reached what we supposed to 0e our
haven. One ''Smart Aleck" pOked his
head out of somewhere in the bowels of
the earth and yelled, "It's all right!
Here's the place." Just as we had un-
loaded bag and baggage, the
ing out from the aforesaid under
ground apartments, clad in bathing
suits. The proprietor also appeared
upon the scene and informed us that he
was ''all full" ut was more than we
could say for OurSelves.) 1t seems the
sight of the ocean had been too mighty
temptation for the advance guard
their one and only thought was to secure
bathing suits and take dip; they for
got everything else. Thereupon the fe-
male contingent rose in her wrath and
gave the batherS few curSOry remarks,
on account of their bare desertion, and
Indifference to our comfort. By dint
of much persuasion, the proprietor of
the establishment which was "all
full' agreed to ''eat u.s." Our next OBJ
Ject was to find some one to "sleep
u.s." After sending on skirmishers all
along the line, some one shouted >"Eu-
reka." We knew from his exultant tone
that he had found place to rest our
weary bones. This proved to be true.
As soon as possible we followed the eX-
ample of our friends, and waded out to
meet the breakers. The beach is mag
nificent. 1t shelves out to deep water
very gradually. The breakers came
curling over us, breaking in soft
clouds of spray. The water is simply
perfect, leaving nothing to be desired in
the way of temperature. All agreed
unanimously that it was the ideal bath
ing place of the world. The water, the
sky, the air could not be nearer perfec
ton. And, oh joy, all the hOrrid fears
of being devOured alive by insects fled
like COLLINS of the night. NOta gnat,n not
tured in the paradise. One evening the
whole squad was on the beach watching
the moon coming up from the waves,
shedding her light over the water,
transforming it into sea of silver. Sud-
denly some one shouted, "What'S that
ahead?' 1t took but moment to de-
eide that it was an immense turtle
slowly moving its pOnderOuS body along
the sands. The men quickly made up
their minds to capture the monster, for
such it looked in the moonlight. Aiming
themselves with sticks or anything else
they could lay their hands upon,
they quietly and cautiously slipped
upon her. They found their weapons
useless. So with awful Juggling and
pulling they finally turned Mrs. Turtle
startled the hamlet, and the inhabitants
sought refuge under beds and in every
conceivable spot. They were sure such
war hoops could emanate only from
GERoNIMO'S MURDEROUS CREW,
who must have escaped from st. Angus
tine and were upon the war path. After
our yellS ceased and the noise subsidized
they timidly ventured forth. The whole
village turned out, as it was the first
capture of the season. The turtle
weighed about 400 pounds. They turned
her over again, snd she imme-
diately started for the water. Sev-
eral OF our most venturesOme
tried the novelty of riding ON a
turtles back. After the enthusiasm had
somewhat subsidized, 'mine host said
if the turtle were turned over to him he
would serve it up in soup and chOwder.
When the soup appeared upon the
table none of us seemed to banker after
it. The bathing in the light of the full
moon was SO delicious that we envied
the mermaid. AS one of our party re-
marked: "Let him who will boast
OF California, her glorious climate,
and sources of wealth and ENJOYMENT.
but Florida is good enough for me.''
Half of the charm of this lovely land is
never found out by the tourist. Day
after day, week after week, month after
month you wake with the breath of
flowers and the song of the hooking bird
coming in at your open window, and sky
of serene unfathOmable blue, the morn
ings and evenings of heavenly beauty.
No one who has ever been in Florida
but remembers the sapphire sky, and
ever bright and glowing stars. The re-
turn was sort of triumphal march.
We came back unscathed and unscarred,
and ready to contradict all the SANDER
about venomous insects, and to dispute
Florida for change and rest. When
asked if he got it, he said: "Well, the
porters got all tie change, and the hotel
men the rest"